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Title In pursuit of Spenser : mystery writers on Robert B. Parker and the creation of an American hero / edited by Otto Penzler. [Boundless electronic resource]

Publication Info. Benbella Books, 2012.
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Contents Introduction: Otto Penzler; Songs Spenser Taught Me: Ace Atkins; Voice of the City: Dennis Lehane; They Like the Way It Sounds: Lawrence Block; Spenser's Code of Humor: Parnell Hall; Parker and Spenser: A collaboration: Loren D. Estleman; A Man for All Seasonings: Brendan DuBois; Spenser and the Art of the Family Table: Lyndsay Faye; Looking for Hawk: Gary Phillips; Who is Silverman, What is She?: S.J. Rozan; A Look at Spenser: For Hire: Max Allan Collins and Matthew Clemens; Spenser on Television; Go East, Young Man: Robert B. Parker, Jesse Stone, and Spenser: Reed Farrel Coleman.
Parker Saddles Up: The Westerns of Robert B. Parker: Ed GormanSpenser: A Profile: Robert B. Parker; A Bibliography of the Works of Robert B. Parker; Contributors.
Summary A Tribute to Robert B. Parker and His Greatest Creation: Spenser. Join award-winning mystery editor Otto Penzler and a first-rate lineup of mystery writers as they go in pursuit of Spenser and the man who created him, Robert B. Parker. These are the writers who knew Parker best professionally and personally, sharing memories of the man, reflections on his impact on the genre, and insights into what makes Spenser so beloved. Ace Atkins, the author chosen to take up Parker's pen and continue the Spenser series, relates the formative impact Spenser had on him as a young man; gourmet cook Lyndsay.
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Subject Parker, Robert B., 1932-2010 -- Criticism and interpretation.
Spenser (Fictitious character)
Parker, Robert B., 1932-2010.
Spenser (Fictitious character)
Detective and mystery stories, American -- History and criticism.
Private investigators in literature.
Crime in literature.
Crime in literature.
Detective and mystery stories, American.
Literature.
Private investigators in literature.
Boston (Mass.) -- In literature.
Massachusetts -- Boston.
Genre Detective and mystery fiction.
Electronic books.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Detective and mystery stories.
Added Author Boundless (Digital media service)
ISBN 9781936661190 : $14.99
1936661195 : $14.99
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